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DARKNESS DESCENDS: Norwegian Art Now, running through Oct. 9 in the Grossman Gallery, delves into the uniquely Norwegian style of neo-romanticism in contemporary art. The exhibition brings together a multidisciplinary group of artists to explore the fascination with darkness inspired by mythology and a close relationship to nature.
An exhibit reception will be held at 4 p.m. Sept. 29 in the gallery. Exhibition producer Michael Sellinger, of Cottelston Advisors in New York City, will speak from the commercial viewpoint and describe how his company fits into the for-profit model. Exhibition curator Christina Vassallo will discuss working in the art world from the viewpoint of a curator and arts administrator. There also will be a curator’s talk with Vassallo and Sellinger at noon Sept. 30 in the Williams Center for the Arts.
The Richard A. and Rissa W. Grossman Gallery is located in the Williams Visual Arts Building, 243 North Third Street. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday 1-5 p.m., Saturdays noon-5 p.m., and Sundays of Easton’s First Weekend noon-5 p.m. For more information, contact Michiko Okaya, director of Lafayette art galleries, at (610) 330-5361 or via email.
The exhibition includes drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, video, and sound pieces by Thora Dolven Balke, Halvor Bodin, Lars Elling, Anki King, Sol Kjøk, Ingvild Langgård, Are Mokkelbost, Rune Olsen, Anne Katrine Senstad, Elise Storsveen, Kjersti Vetterstad, Marius Watz, Liz Wendelbo, Jana Winderen, Monica Winther, and Munan Øvrelid.
Lafayette is the second venue for this traveling group show. DARKNESS DESCENDS was originally presented by the nonprofit arts organization chashama earlier this year during the run of the Armory Show 2009 in New York City.
The Lafayette College art galleries are funded in part through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.